Improvement in machines for painting cloth



H H P H l L L I P S Machine for Painting Cloth. .No, 167,783, PatentedSept.14,1875.

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INVENT R I y (@0 7 PM ATTORNEYS N. PETERS FNDYOiITHUGRLFHER,WA-SHINGTON, QC,

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. Y

HENRY H. PHILLIPS, OF BUFFALO, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN MACHINES FOR'PAINTING CLOTH.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 167,783, datedSeptember 14, 1875; application filed July 10, 1875.

- To all whom it may concern:

tion of a vertical section of my machine, and

Fig. 2 is a front view of the same.

This invention has relation to means for distributing paint, size, orother liquid material, rapidly and evenly on both sides of a piece orroll of fabric without disfiguring the finished surface thereof; and itconsists in the construction and novel arrangement, in combination witha color or size vat and its contained guide, of a bearing-roll, whosecylindrical surface is composed of bearing-points and intermediatebrushes, arranged to operate on opposite sides of the work, ashereinafter fully shown and described.

In the accompanying drawings, the letter A designates the vat, in whichis contained the coloring or other material to be distributed upon thefabric. Upward from the Vat extends the frame B of my machine, in whichare seated the journals of such rotary shafts as are found necessary. Asmy machine is an upright machine, the brush-carrying shafts and rods arearranged above the vat, or as nearly over it as practicable, in orderthat the fabric may pass upward between the brushes in a vertical ornearly vertical line, thereby facilitating an equal distribution of theliquid on the two sides or surfaces of said fabric. These brushes arearranged on rotary shafts, as indicated at D. I employ, in addition,rigid or movable scrapers E, just above the tank, to remove thesuperfluous liquid taken up by the fabric. In the tank should bearranged, parallel with the direction of the stocks of the brushes, aguide-roll or strip, F, whose office is to bring the sheet well underthe surface of the liquid, and at the same time to keep it properlyspread, and prevent folding, which would exclude the liquid from thepart creased. This guide also serves to give the first or lowerdeflection to the fabric. Thence it passes upward through the scrapersand brushes, as

stated, and is again deflected, passing over the pointed roll G. Thisconsists of a suitable shaft thickly studded with bearing points orspines, which form the cylindrical bearingsurface, over which the fabricpasses. These points are placed sufficiently close together to afford abearing to the fabric, without marring the surface, and withoutpenetrating the fabric. Suitable gearing, as indicated at H, is employedto communicate the required motion to the various shafts and rodsreferred to from the pointed roll. The fabric to be coated is passed byone end of the roll or piece under the guide in the vat, thence upbetween the brushes over the pointed deflecting roll, and drawn off.

The machine will operate readily in any factory-room of ordinary height.The coloring or sizing material will be deposited equally on each sideof the fabric, and evenly spread by the brushes; and in drawing off'thefabric over the pointed deflecting roll the danger of disfiguring thefabric by contact is obviated, as the bearing-points will support thefabric without marking it, and will at the same time afi'ord sufficientfriction to turn the roll when the fabric is pulled through, and therebyoperate the other gearing or friction wheels, communicating motion tothe other devices. The points on the roller may be of metal or otherstiff material, and they should besufliciently line to enable the liquidto close over the impressions after passing over the roll.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The size-vat A, having the guide F, in

combination with the stationary brushes E E and rotary brushes D D,arranged on opposite sides of the fabric to be sized, and roll G, armedwith points, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination, with a color or size vat and its contained guide, ofa bearing-roll, G,

having its cylindrical surface composed of bearing-points over which thefabric passes, for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my namein the presence of two witnesses.

HENRY H. PHILLIPS.

Witnesses:

B. H. MORSE, WALTER O. MASI.

